The greatest stories ever told Unfold in starry skies Look up tonight to our bright lights And listen with your eyes How fascinating that Mars and Saturn have chosen the 2014 Virgo New Moon to meet in Scorpio for the planetary handshake we call Conjunction. Scorpio, you say? I guess the boys must be meeting in secret again. No way! I jest… I play. Look to the West after Sunset and you’ll see this show displayed. That’s right, their meeting will be held in public and I encourage you to listen in. When the dust of dusk settles into night, you’ll find the radiant red beacon of Mars shining just below Saturn’s yellow light. Their exact conjunction during the Virgo New Moon afternoon (8.25.14) was held within the 18th Degree of Scorpio, just east of Zubenelgenubi. Now, Zubenelgenubi is much more than the perennial winner of the best-named star award. Zubenelgenubi is the brightest star of The Scales. Zubenelgenubi is the fulcrum of The Scales. And, yes, Zubenelgenubi is a fabulously fun word to speak. Everyone say it with me… Zubenelgenubi! How is it possible that Zubenelgenubi shines at this time from the Scorpio Sign when we’ve been taught to associate The Scales with Libra? Good question and one that is dauntingly difficult to answer without images so I invite you to view Shamanic Astrology Mystery School cofounder Cayelin Castell’s Youtube video “The Difference Between Signs and Constellations” which explains how the astronomical phenomena known as the Precession of the Equinoxes slowly shifts the Zodiacal Constellations around the Seasonal Signs. Before I share the words I’ve recently heard through cosmic conversation with Mars and Saturn, I should speak to the venue of their previous meeting as well as to that of their next. These Planets last rubbed elbows on August 15th, 2012 in the 25th Degree of Libra right at the brightest star of the Priestess Constellation, Spica, which is typically drawn on celestial maps as the shaft of wheat held by The Virgin. Their next Conjunction will occur on August 24th, 2016 in the 10th Degree of Sagittarius exactly where Antares, the beaming Heart of the Scorpion now resides. All this to say Saturn and Mars now spotlight the stage for an ancient celestial play STARing Spica, Zubenelgenubi, and Antares. Act One: Death. Act Two: an Afterlife of Eternal Bliss… if you play your cards right, that is. Let us shuffle now through the pages of the so-called “Egyptian Book of the Dead,” which describes the trials our souls must traverse as we transition away from this play we call Earth.

What we still call today summer’s “Dog Days” traditionally described the seventy-day disappearance of the Dog Star, Sirius, from the Egyptian sky. Shamanic Astrology describes a Planet or Star’s vanishing into the glare of the slowly passing Sun as it’s “Descent into the Underworld.” It would seem the ancient mysteries would agree with this terminology as souls of the Egyptian worthy were prepared for their Underworld descent through a seventy-day mummification process. The body was embalmed and wrapped in the familiar gauze found on museum mummies, but not until the vital organs were removed and preserved in canopic jars that would join the deceased in his or her tomb. Even the brain was extracted through the nostrils using hooked instruments crafted for that cause. However, one organ was left in the body. This was the heart, which the Egyptians knew to be the seat of the soul and of consciousness.

We read in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is rightfully translated, the “Book of Coming Forth by Day” that the heart is also imperative for the final trial of our soul’s transition. Only the worthy will earn admittance to this trial held in the Halls of Osiris. We must first defend ourselves against attack by evil spirits and pass the tests of the Forty-Two Negative Confessions. Each confession is spoken to its associated Neter, which Egyptologists promote as Gods and Goddesses though a more accurate description is the Spiritual Essence and Principles within all things. Here are a few examples of the negative confessions from what is said to be the best-preserved Egyptian funerary text, “the Papyrus of Ani:”

“Hail Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not uttered curses.”“Hail Her-f-ha-f, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have made none to weep.”“Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed.”“Hail, Ahi, who comest forth from Nu, I have never raised my voice.”

Yikes! Raise your hand if you’re not already 0-for-4. And there are 38 more. If we pass the tests of the 42 negative confessions, we will achieve entry into the Halls of Osiris. Here, the jackal-headed guardian of the Underworld, Anubis, will reward our achievement by cutting our hearts out of our chests to weight them on The Scales against the feather of Ma’at, the Goddess of Truth and Wisdom. Um... thanks? Osiris will look on from his throne and Thoth will be there to take notes. Who’s been naughty or nice? If our heart is as light as the feather, it’s eternal bliss in the afterlife. If our heart is heavier than the feather, the Lion-Crocodile-Hippopotamus beast Ammit will tear us apart and consume us. In some versions of the story, we are then composted and recycled into another round of the Earth Game. In others, it’s lights out.

Do we truly maintain a light heart by living the sinless life? What would be the point of that? As Mark Twain said, “Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” Some would say the rules were changed when Jesus died for our sins. Krishna said something similar in the Gita… ‘Believe only onto me and life will be eternal.’ The great philosopher Alan Watts speaks of a Japanese Buddha who will grant us eternal bliss in the afterlife regardless of our Earthly deeds just as long as we chant to him again and again while we’re here. Unfortunately, I can’t remember his name. Maybe we can just chant, “Alan Watts, Alan Watts, Alan Watts.” Maybe not.

Or perhaps can we buy a stairway to heaven? “Robert Plant, Robert Plant, Robert Plant.” Indeed, Egyptologists tell us the scribe Ani spent everything he earned on the Book of the Dead papyrus because it contained spells to protect him through the Underworld journey. They also say Ani purchased a magical amulet to take the place of his heart on the Scales because it would do a much better job of fibbing its way through the negative confessions and that he purchased shakti dolls to do his work in the afterworld. Something here doesn’t seem to compute. It feels to me this telling reflects a misunderstanding or priest class twisting of the old starry story.

I sing this song of the Scales often to Scorpio because the highest intent of that Archetype is becoming fully alive in the ways of the authentic human heart through the investigation of the entire emotional spectrum. I have found in my own experience that the key to a lighter heart is not avoiding its trappings but through fully entering and releasing ourselves from them. When we honor our traumas and regrets for the sake of soul growth they brought to us, we alchemize the lead into gold, the poison into medicine. When we realize things are not done to us, but for us, we find the heart is lighter after the trauma than it was before it took place. This realization comes through the art of forgiving our trespassers and, especially, through forgiving ourselves of our trespasses.

Shortly after recording this tale in a reading for a client a few months back in Joshua Tree, California, I looked up at Scorpio Saturn spinning in the Scales to get the Ringed One’s heavenly stamp of approval. Expecting a Celestial high five, I instead heard these words, “’you’re good at math.” What the hell was that? I asked for clarity, but heard nothing save for static from the other side of the line. I sat on the desert sands under the light of the stars and meditated upon the message received. When I opened my eyes, I found myself gazing directly at Mars, who at that time was hanging out in Libra with Spica. I instantly realized I had only been working with half of this equation to eternity. Bad math indeed!

You see, Saturn was highlighting the Scales and, to the East, the Heart of the Scorpion Antares was putting on a serious light show. I looked further to my left to take in the light of the Galactic Bulge where the Ouroboros of the Milky Way snake swallows its tail. Astronomers now know this place of Galactic Center to be the black hole that all Milky Ways stars circle, including our own Sun, Sol. The Mayans called it Hunab Ku, the great mother who created us all and the Zodiacal Constellations naturally draw our attention there for their only two pointers (the stinger of the Scorpion and the arrow of the Archer) are each aimed in that direction. Is this a coincidence? I think not. In fact, the mysteries called this space of Space the Golden Gate and state that our souls journey there when we have fulfilled our Earthly fate.

Along the way to this magical place where the Milky Way and Zodiac intersect, we find Antares (the Heart of the Scorpion), Zubenelgenubi (the Fulcrum of the Scales), and Spica. Well you may have already jumped to my conclusion… I now see this bright, blue star Spica, not as the shaft of wheat the Greeks drew, nor as the ear of corn some Ancient Americans knew, nor as Kuan Yin’s rice paddy as seen by the Chinese, but as Ma’at’s Feather of Truth and Wisdom. The Heart and the Feather, each to one side of the The Scales they must level if we're to make our way on through to the other side of the Golden Gate! And so, I now know we're meant to even The Scales, not only by lightening the Heart, but also by increasing the Feather’s weight. This we accomplish through seeking Truth and Wisdom.

Perhaps this is why Saturn and Mars align at this Virgo New Moon time for Shamanic Astrology teaches us that, in its highest light, our Virgo Archetype is Service to Spirit through devotion to Sacred Work. But just what is our Sacred Work? Well, it’s different for each of us. It is our unique practice. Our individual “chop wood, carry water.” We’re all here to manifest our own independent miracle through our own independent connection to Spirit. Is the circuit of this connection charged through utter renunciation? Well, I forgot to mention the story tells us an eternal afterlife of bliss will not be given to those whose heart is lighter than the feather either. In other words, the ash-covered sage chanting to Shiva through all nights and days while avoiding the calls of the heart will also be consumed by crocoliopotamus Ammit in the Halls of Osiris. Those who chant to Alan Watts or, especially to Robert Plant, are most likely composted more quickly.

The Heart and the Feather. Balance in every way is the key to ascension. We are encouraged to make our Feather heavier by seeking Truth and Wisdom, but not at the expense of our Heart’s function of Feeling. Scorpio Saturn is giving us the opportunity to recode the commandments of emotional limitation that have been so deeply chiseled within our consciousness by cultural conditioning. Perhaps Mars has brought his fiery blade to the party to help us cut through the cords of emotional suppression so that we may truly honor all that we are, in our light and our shadow, in our yin and our yang, in our heart and our feather, to create more Love in this life. As the great Guru named Kool from the Gang so graciously stated, "Love the life you live and you will live the life you love." Scorpio reminds us that the authenticity achieved through truly allowing all experience and expression of our deepest feelings, passions, and desires connects us to the voice of our Hearts, which consistently beats the rhythm of our most beautiful song, the very symphony that we have chosen to guide us home to our Sacred Work. We will only hear all of its notes, nuances, and wonderful rests when we release ourselves from the limitations of living so that we may always follow the Truth of our Highest Excitement with no restrictions and no expectations.

My Highest Excitement and greatest honor is to help others remember theirs by clearing the clutter of cultural conditioning to channel Cosmic Conversation. May I allow myself always to do so in such a way that serves Spirit and also serves Me by balancing the Feather and the Heart. How to start? Let’s simply hum the hues of heartfelt heavenly harmony. Meet me in Space! Let’s embrace at the Scales of Balance. There we can also contemplate why the balanced heart and feather rest at the tail of the constellational Snake who stretches towards the Northern Crown in the heavenly skies. But clearly, the starry story of sister snake is a tale for another time.

Leo Venus and Jupiter embrace in the Sunrise Sky. Lion and Lioness cuddle up for a kiss so why not sing the beauty of 2014's closest Planetary conjunction? I mean, just look at it! It is said that a Conjunction is the strongest blend of energies represented by two Planets. What are the energies of Venus and Jupiter? Traditionally, these brightest lights are described as the two Benefics. What could be more beneficial than their combined energies? The old school says Venus is Love and Money and that Jupiter expands anything it touches. We're all rich and loved for a day! Okay, but please don't cast Angelina for this one, Walt.

Shamanic Astrology works with Venus as the Goddess, the Feminine, the Anima and Jupiter as the fast lane of the highway to our Soul Intent. I, personally, see the Gas Giant Guru as initiator of the highest spiritual opening of mysticism. Could there be a more beautiful expression of the Sacred Feminine than the Mystic Goddess? This Venus - Jupiter Conjunction in Leo surely must speak to the spiritual stoking of the Divine Feminine's Fire and Will. That's the tune I heard sung by these brightest Planetary notes as they rose together this morning.

I must admit it's not always easy for a late-night astrolonaut to rise before the Sun. Perhaps it helped that this morning's Gemini Moon was almost exactly aligned to my rising star of Aldebaran (the bright Eye of the Bull, which today resides at 9.27 Gemini). This Gemini Moon also formed a near perfect Sextile (green line on the chart above) to Venus and Jupiter in Leo. In Sextile Aspect, planetary energies flow together, opening into new possibilities and connections.

The old ways say Gemini as an Air Sign is a weak position for the emotional Moon. I once wrote a song called "Gemini Moon" that says "What can I say? My Gemini ways have me thinking too quickly to feel." However, one of my favorite archetypes for the Gemini Mysteries is the Court Jester: the only one who can tell the King the truth without having his head cut off because he's not doing so for personal gain. His truth-speaking is a service to Spirit, a service to Truth itself. And the King can take this wise advise without suffering the shame of allowing the court to know he's doing so because the Jester delivers imperative information through the painted mask of eternal youth and a blur of juggled swords while balancing on a barrel or what not. Sometimes the greatest wisdom comes from the Fool because his words are the only ones that can wiggle through over-developed defense mechanisms. Perhaps this Gemini Moon Sextile to the rising Leo Venus-Jupiter Conjunction allows the once hidden truths of Divine Feminine Feeling to be heard by the King as a catalyst to healing.

And this Service to Spirit that Shamanic Astrology associates with the Mutable Signs was most aligned this morning through the Gemini Moon's T-Square with Virgo Mercury and Pisces Neptune (red triangle in the chart above). Neptune, at home, in Pisces showers us with empathic healing through new celestial visions while Virgo Mercury asks us to ground our consciousness through devotion to our Sacred Work. I love the polarity of Pisces and Virgo as the macrocosm and microcosm of spirituality. Virgo sees Spirit within every cell of our bodies while Pisces recognizes we are "but a cell in the body of the Great Unibeing" to paraphrase the great Gurdjieff.

In the words of legendary astrologer Dane Rudhyar "The meaning attributed to the familiar T-square (or T-cross) reflects this preoccupation with zodiacal factors and repeated aspects. The configuration was named for its two squares, not its opposition. And it is interpreted as a perfect cross from which one of the four factors is missing. The 'empty' factor is therefore seen as a zone of release for the energies produced by the combination of three planets in two squares including three of the four zodiacal elements."

In this morning's Gemini Moon - Virgo Mercury - Pisces Neptune T-Square, the "empty factor" and "zone of release" was around 6 degrees Sagittarius. No Planet or Point held that spot. Perhaps it is up to us, then, to fill that hole. Sagittarius is Service to Spirit in the Fire of Will and Intuition. It is the nature of the philosopher, the seeker, the explorer, the vision quester. Sri Yukteswar said "the only honor a man can pay is God is to seek Him." Royal Venus reminds us to add "the only honor a woman can pay her Goddess is to seek Her" and every combination thereof. Sagittarius asks us not to run from the big questions, the greatest questions, those that cannot be answered: who are we?, where do we come from?, where are we going? Sagittarius climbs the mountain to get a greater view of all that is. At it's peak we will find the Solar Fire of Spirit wishing to be returned to it's rightful place Within.

Perhaps these Aspects to the Venus-Jupiter Conjunction in the Fires of the Sunrise Sky are reminding us to rekindle the Fires of our Will. They remind us that we find Free Will when we Free our Will. And perhaps this is why the Asteroid Prometheus spun at 4 Degrees Sagittarius to fill that "empty factor" with the mythos of Spiritual Revolution. Could Prometheus' Trine to Venus suggest the Goddess is really meeting Jupiter to steal our Fire back from the Gods and rekindle the flames right where they belong? And this time, there will be no vulture ;)

Tonight (8/17) at 10:21pm PST, the closest planetary conjunction of the year aligns as Venus and Jupiter embrace in Leo. Seven Degrees, 14 Minutes Leo to be exact and this is nearly an exact Conjunction (within .21 degrees). The exact conjunction of Venus and Jupiter cannot be seen in the Northern Hemisphere sky as they will have set before the Sun, but tomorrow morning you can celebrate this merging of the two brightest Planetary Beacons by waking up and looking East about an hour to an hour and a half before Sunrise (which means around 4:45am).

Just what does this mean astrologically and archetypally? The Greek Myths tell us Aphrodite (Venus) was the first born of the Olympians. This Goddess of Love and Beauty was born from the merger of Gaia's (Earth's) waters with the blood of Ouranus' (Uranus') phallus after his son Chronos (Saturn) castrated him. Later, when Chronos' (Saturn's) son Zeus (Jupiter) defeated his father and the titans after a ten-year war and became King of Kings, God of Gods, he adopted his Aunt Aphrodite (Venus). What kind of patriarchal nonsense is this? A nephew adopting his aunt? Furthermore, when Aphrodite refused Zeus' advances he forced her to marry Vulcan (Hephaestus), the only Olympian who was not of perfect form. Think about that... the Goddess of Love and Beauty forced by her nephew to marry the only unattractive God.

In this time of Feminine and Masculine energies remerging, perhaps Venus and Jupiter are coming together to heal old wounds. How do the current Planetary Positions further enhance this embrace? Take a look at the chart above. I've hidden most of the aspects behind the Earth to focus on those highlighted here. The Venus / Jupiter is circled in bold at the bottom of the chart at 7.14 Leo. The thin red lines shows their loose Square (90 degree) Aspect to the loose conjunction between Mars and Saturn in Scorpio (top yellow circle on the right). A Square speaks to tension... a time of conflict here to seed beautiful resolution. Do the myths speak of tension between Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn? You better believe it.

One story that comes to mind is Venus' true love with Mars. They snuck around often behind Vulcan's back. In fact, Vulcan's three children with Venus were not his... Mars was their true father. When Vulcan found out about this he fashioned a net to trap Venus and Mars in the act. His intent was to gather the Gods and Goddesses around to witness the lovers' shame. The Goddesses refused to attend this guilt gathering while the Gods' attendance did not give Vulcan's desired results (I wrote a strange post about this about a year ago... http://morethanastrology.weebly.com/blog/no-more-net). Perhaps Mercury said it best, "You can trap me under a net with that beauty any day of the week." Mercury was later rewarded for this by Venus who shared a night of intimacy with the Messenger that rewarded the world with their child Hermaphroditus.

Hermaphroditus was the first hermaphrodite we're told, though Mercury showed transgender signs himself. HIS Greek name was HERmes, after all. What better image is there of the merging Masculine and Feminine than Hermaphorditus? Perhaps this time of conflict and resolution is another signal that now is the time for Venus' love for Mars to come out of the Scorpio shadows. It is time for Love to bridge the void between Yin and Yang by allowing them to embrace the ways of the authentic human heart (Scorpio Light) out in the open. Believe it or not, Saturn is helping with this for the Ringed One represents the operating manual so his two and half year spin through Scorpio is giving us the opportunity of rewriting the rules around following our Excitement, Desire, Passion, and Emotional Authenticity.

I have become quite fond of working astrologically with the Asteroid Goddesses, the four largest planetoids of the Asteroid Belt, the Hammered Bracelet which certainly at one time existed as part of a huge, water-bearing planet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Some would even say that Earth herself is a remnant of this Planet that was shattered to pieces long ago. While Venus and Jupiter loosely Square Mars and Saturn, they are in nearly perfect Square (the thicker red line) to the Asteroid Vesta at 7.10 Scorpio. Vesta (Hestia) is the Ceremonial Priestess: the Keeper of the Sacred Flame. Her spin through Scorpio asks us to celebrate magic and the depths of our heart. Her conjunction (bottom yellow circle on the right) to the Asteroid Ceres (Demeter) tells us this celebration will be nurtured for Ceres (recently promoted to a Dwarf Planet by astronomers) represents the ways of the Nurturing Mother.

Notice the blue equilateral triangle in this chart. This is a near perfect Grand Water Trine formed between Scorpio Vesta/Ceres, Pisces Neptune, and Juno in Cancer. Neptune, at home in Pisces, connects his greatest gifs of celestial healing and new mystical vision to that Ceres nurturing of the Vesta Priestess to Juno in Cancer. Juno (Hera) was Zeus' wife. She speaks to relationship and her spin through Cancer further agrees that the relationship between Feminine and Masculine energies with receive Nurturing at this time. This Grand Water Trine speaks to healing of feelings in this time of tension that will certainly provoke a revolution through resolution of old conflicts within the Yin/Yang divide.

Another Aspect I've highlighted is Neptune's Opposition to Mercury in Virgo (shown by the yellow line). Mercury's spin though his Feminine home of Virgo asks us to ground this celestial healing of the Grand Water Trine through our unique, ceremonial practice of individual and direct connection to Spirit. Mercury is also aligned through Sextile (green lines) to Cancer Juno and Scorpio Vesta and Ceres. Sextiles and Trines are alignments of greatest harmony, which combine to form a tightly aligned Kite around Earth tonight.

Here's what Dane Rudhyar (perhaps the greatest astrologer of modern times) said about the Kite Alignment: "When one point of a grand trine is involved in an opposition, the opposition's other end almost inevitably falls at the midpoint of one of the trines, forming sextiles to the other two planets in the trine: a 'kite' formation. In such a pattern, vision or understanding and purpose (trines) find the possibility of outward manifestation in objective form (oppositions and sextiles) through organizational genius and the capacity for planning and enlightened management in which needs and answers to needs are brought together. The functional activities represented by the planet at the midpoint of the bisected trine should be those through which is focused and released what the entire configuration represents."

Virgo Mercury at the Planet at the Midpoint encourages us to focus our intellectual energies into the Earth. The remerging of Yin and Yang is celebrated, not only by the embrace of Masculine and Feminine, but also through the reunification of our Bodies (Earth) and Hearts (Water) with our Intellect (Air) and Spirit (Fire). Notice that the Air is the only element not represented by the Alignments I've emphasized in this chart. Virgo Mercury is guiding us to process this Planetary dance by calling our consciousness from our mind into our bodies. There in our Earth we will find the alchemical dance between the Waters of our Hearts and the Fires of our Will.

These many Alignments speak to the rekindling of the Fires at our Hara, not by ignoring the ways of Heart, but by embracing them. We realize Free Will by Freeing our Will and being really real in the feely feel of our Human Hearts is the waterway to Leo Honor, Courage, Valor, Chivalry, SOVREIGNTY, Self-Love, Confidence, Pride, and Creativity. It is time for the Lion and Lioness to roar together once again. We will Honor their truth, not by hiding for the difficult realities of the Outer World, but by embracing those Outer Conflicts, with the authentic Heart that allows us to see their reflections of our Inner Conflicts. Once we embrace the truths of the Outer to reveal the Inner pains we've been hiding from, we can courageously acknowledge our wounds and Heal Ourselves to Heal the World!

That being said, I encourage you to embrace this beautiful article my sister of Shamanic Astrology Tami Brunk recently composed. It's time to settle the scores with Authentic Love.

While Jupiter didn't eat his children like his father Saturn had or trap them in their mother's womb like his grandfather Uranus had, he wasn't exceptionally kind to them either. He was especially rough with his son Mars. Perhaps this was because Mars wasn't really Jupiter's son (having been born by mother Juno through immaculate conception we're told). Perhaps abandonment by the father was an imperative initiation for the God of War. Who's to say? Regardless, sometimes relations between Mars and Jupiter are strained. Such has been the case since Mars ingressed into Scorpio on the day of the Leo New Moon last weekend.

Scorpio Mars will remain Square (90 degree aspect) to Leo Jupiter for a couple of weeks yet, but the peak, the perfect square, is today at 3:46pm PST and I'm certainly feeling it. Perhaps this one's stronger for me than others because this square is almost exactly aligned to one of the most active aspects of my celestial fingerprint (Leo Saturn Square Scorpio Sun/Uranus), but I've been seeing it unfold with other all around me as well.

This Leo Moonth (and Jupiter in Leo year), the Code is key. I'm talking about honor, valor, chivalry, and such. You know, the realm of LionHearted righteousness. Beautiful! but until Jupiter rises as morning star around August 6th, we'll most likely be dancing with the challenges of the code. Mars is feathering this tickle with a Scorpio Sword. How does Scorpio's devotion to Emotional Authenticity challenge Leo Self-Love and Confidence? The Water and the Fire. The Heart and the Will. As we are challenged to bury our emotional truth, we lose the intuitive connection to our Will through our Heart.

The Square Aspect brings Tension with Evolutionary Intent. This is Conflict to spark Revolution through Resolution. Scorpio Mars Square Leo Jupiter rekindles the flames of unfinished grief. If we allow ourselves to fuel the fire rather than run from it, the Phoenix will rise from the ashes when the burning is complete.

There have been times of my life where I was unconsciously committed to dishonorable deeds. At other times, that commitment was quite conscious. Now, I choose to walk a path of honor, which I oddly find can be much more difficult. Have you found the same? Is this why we call it "doing the work?" Is it worth it?

Let's stick to the plan, understanding that times of tension are nothing more than the rubber band. The more we stretch it, the tenser it becomes. The tenser it becomes, the further it will fire when we are ready for release. And we will fly further into Archetypal space than ever we would reach were we handed the keys to the rocket ship on some silver platter while bugles blare. Sometimes we must work through the lower octanes of our fuel to find our way to the good stuff, but once the tank is full... set the controls for the Heart of Self-Love. Until then, to those I have betrayed, including myself; to my old friends named trauma, regret, and victimhood... I love you, I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you.

Cancer Venus aligns to Pisces Chiron and Scorpio Saturn in a Grand Water Trine to remind us rewriting the rules of emotional suppression will reward us with nurturing, healing, and love, love, love. Why hide when we can dive deep into the waters inside? Let's fill ourselves with Leo courage and take the plunge. We might just find the warmest waters are the furthest from the surface.

See you by the Sea Vents!Love and Planets,Astrolonautwww.MoreThanAstrology.com